Nototriton richardi commonly known as Richard's salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Central, Costa Rica.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Nototriton |
| Species: | N. richardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949)
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Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Citations
edit- ^ Taylor 1949, pp. 284–285.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nototriton richardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59300A54378950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59300A54378950.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost 2017.
Sources
edit- Frost, Darrel (2017). "Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- Taylor, Edward H. (1949). "New salamanders from Costa Rica". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 33 (6): 279–288. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16130.
Further reading
edit- Wake, David B.; Elias, Paul (1983). "New genera and new species of Central American salamanders, with a review of the tropical genera (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. 345. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: 1–19. doi:10.5962/p.208170.
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